The early conservation movement in the United States was initiated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 when he called together a conference of state governors. The premise of the conservation movement, sometimes pointed to as Roosevelt’s most lasting achievement, was that natural resources are being used too rapidly and that political controls should be used to conserve the proper amount of resources for future generations.
When analyzing election results, the Libertarian Party and other elements of the movement focus usually on the LP’s current political star in order to prove that the libertarian cause is advancing.Examples of this policy can be seen in the euphoria surrounding Hospers’ electoral vote in 1972; MacBride’s showing and the LP’s “Third Largest Party” status in 1976; and Ed Clark’s 377,960 votes for California Governor in 1978.
Modern libertarian thought is essentially deductive in character. Building from a foundation in natural law, libertarians derive the principle of non- aggression; and from this they deduce the standards of a just society. Consistency is the key word: what is permissible in the political sphere must be compatible with the principle of nonaggression.
A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Randy E. Barnett.
A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Steven Strasnick.
A paper reviewing George Smith’s article “Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market” by Robert L. Formaini.
George H. Smith responds to Randy Barnett, Robert Formaini, and Steven Strasnick’s comments on his paper “Justice Entrepreneurship in a Free Market.”
Adam Smith noted in 1776 that “What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.” The Classical economists generally believed that principles of sound business practice were equally appropriate for a family and for government, and this belief dominated public opinion until a generation or so ago.
Like the United States, Australia has a libertarian political party. As in the United States it is plagued with dissension and gets very few votes. Once called the Workers party, it is now called the Progress party. Upon its formation it was immediately identified by the press and much of the community as right-wing and indeed “fascist”. Party members and even libertarians who are not party members are also commonly so described. Similar experiences could be related from other parts of the world.
The differing attitudes of Plato and Rousseau toward specialization and the division of labor color their views on who should formulate policy on political questions. In the theories of each thinker, the observations and evaluations made in such areas of social life as the production and exchange of services and material goods are carried over and applied to politics. In particular, the striking difference in the locus of sovereignty in the utopias of the two authors can be traced, in part, to their different attitudes toward specialization.
